Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English ReportsAmnesty International USA is the US Section of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights organization.China: The Olympics countdown - crackdown on Tibetan protesters- April 9, 2008 Since 10 March 2008, serious human rights violations have been reported in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR, hereafter Tibet) and Tibetan areas of neighbouring provinces in connection with the police and military crackdown on Tibetan protesters. Initial protests by Tibetans in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, appear to have been peaceful and suppressed in violation of protesters' right to freedom of expression, association and assembly, including through excessive use of force.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080409001&lang=e USA: Another CIA detainee facing death penalty trial by military commission- April 2, 2008 On March 31, 2008, the Pentagon announced that charges had been sworn against Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian national held in US military detention in Guantnamo since September 2006. He now faces the prospect of a military commission trial, the procedures of which do not meet international fair trial standards, and at which the government intends to seek the death penalty.http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR510272008&lang=e |